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Cups · Water

Queen of Cupsas the Past

Queen of Cups tarot card

"Emotional Intelligence isn't the question. What you do next is."

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What this card is saying about what's behind you

You learned how to feel deeply without being swept away, and that mastery is quietly everywhere in your life now. The Queen of Cups in the past points to a chapter where you sat at the edge of your own sea, held the ornate cup closed when it needed to be closed, and became someone others could lean on. The compassion you extend wasn't performed; it was practiced.

On the card

The queen represents the highest form of feminine energy, love and nurturing and protectiveness. Highly tied to the emotions and water-- she's creative and intuitive and above all loving. She's also dreamy and tied to a more psychic power.

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Emotional IntelligenceCompassionNurturingIntuition

With all royal cards, the queen can be an actual person in your life who represents the highest forms of love and nurturing (romantically maybe it's a truly healthy attachment with whom you want to start a life/build a family; perhaps a bond to your own mother is strong or your mom will be a support in your next life phase). The queen can also be an embodiment of your own strong emotions (maybe you are having a baby, or parenting in some way).

Reversed

The reversed queen of cups means someone is using their control of your emotions to trick you or feed their own ego. Put a little space between you and the person in your life who uses your love of them to feel good about themselves.

Its place in the deck.

Court cardQueen
One of the 16 court cards: a Page, Knight, Queen and King in each suit. A court card often stands for a person in your life, or a side of yourself you are showing right now.
SuitCups · Water
Cups are the suit of Water: feeling and attachment. A Cups card is always, underneath, about what you feel and who you are attached to.
RankInward mastery
The Queen is inward mastery: holds the element internally, does not need to prove it.

Where it shows up.

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WaterElement
Feelings, relationships, and intuition. In tarot: Cups.

Where is this showing up for you?

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Queen of Cups in the other positions

How this card reads when it shows up in past, present, or future